FOSDEM <3 Ruby

The #1 Ruby language devroom at FOSDEM

The Ruby devroom at FOSDEM is a focused developer room
around the Ruby programming language and the open source projects which
implement it. While the Ruby community does have a number of regional
conferences devoted to its use, opportunities for those interested in the “how
it works” of Ruby interpreters and virtual machines are practically
non-existent. The goal of this developer room is to discuss:

The current state of the Ruby language

Techniques employed by various VMs and their effectiveness

Upcoming Ruby language features, and the challenges/benefits that they provide

Tools and practices used to certify Ruby language conformity and performance

Costs and Opportunities provided by the multitude of implementations

Involved projects

Why we’re here

While many Ruby developers attend FOSDEM, the Ruby open source community has
generally been underrepresented in the technical content of the event. With the
Ruby devroom not only would the Ruby community become more plugged into the
FOSDEM experience, but FOSDEM would be hosting Ruby-oriented content that is
both unique and very technical. Considering the broad interest in dynamic and
interpreted languages, the Ruby devroom will also provide compelling technical
content interesting to members of the Python, Perl, JavaScript, Smalltalk, LLVM
and Java communities. There is quite some interest in the topic, as the
overcrowded Java dev room if Charles Oliver
Nutter’s talk on JRuby in the FOSDEM 2014 Free
Java devroom is any indication.

Considering the number of notable Ruby implementations, listed below, there
should be more than enough highly interesting and technical content!

Who we are

Code of Conduct

We dedicate ourselves to making everyone feel welcome and at home. Our
Code of Conduct offers some guidelines to ensure this for both
attendees and speakers. The organizers are available to anyone who is anything
less than completely comfortable.